Security-Check im Kinderzimmer

Auf amazon.com findet man derzeit ein großartiges Angebot: für nur (!) $62,00 und „free shipping“ kann man dort einen „Playmobil Security Checkpoint“ erwerben – what a great way to teach our kids about the times we live in! (Foucault hätte womöglich seine wahre Freude daran…) Das Angebot alleine wäre aber noch kein Posting wert – denn das Produkt gibt es bereits seit ein paar Jahren – wären da nicht die im Laufe der Zeit dazu abgegebenen Kommentare.

So schreibt z.B. loosenut aus Seattle, WA, USA:

I was a little disappointed when I first bought this item, because the functionality is limited. My 5 year old son pointed out that the passenger’s shoes cannot be removed. Then, we placed a deadly fingernail file underneath the passenger’s scarf, and neither the detector doorway nor the security wand picked it up. My son said „that’s the worst security ever!“. But it turned out to be okay, because when the passenger got on the Playmobil B757 and tried to hijack it, she was mobbed by a couple of other heroic passengers, who only sustained minor injuries in the scuffle, which were treated at the Playmobil Hospital.
The best thing about this product is that it teaches kids about the realities of living in a high-surveillence society. My son said he wants the Playmobil Neighborhood Surveillence System set for Christmas. I’ve heard that the CC TV cameras on that thing are pretty worthless in terms of quality and motion detection, so I think I’ll get him the Playmobil Abu-Gharib Interogation Set instead (it comes with a cute little memo from George Bush).

Und Gen. JC Christian, patriot aus Tremonton, UT, USA schreibt:

I like the basic idea. I applaud Playmobile for attempting to provide us with the tools we need to teach our children to unquestioningly obey the commands of the State Security Apparatus, but unfortunately, this product falls short of doing that. There’s no brown figure for little Josh to profile, taser, and detain? Where are all the frightened plastic Heartlanders pointing at the brown figure as they whisper „terrorist?“ Where are the hippy couple figures being denied boarding passes? And shouldn’t someone be forcing a mother figure to drink her own breast milk?

Gwen P. aus Douglasville, PA, USA fügt hinzu:

What better way to teach the next generation how to behave in a police state then with a toy such as this? I’m really hoping that they come out with a toy in which the kids can play „interregator“. Think of all the fun the little folks can have waterboarding those who „hate our freedom“.

Ebenfalls zu empfehlen ist der Kommentar von W.C. Isbell „roxybeast“ aus Oklahoma City, OK, USA, den ich kopfschüttelnd und vor mich hin schmunzelnt gelesen habe. An dieser Stelle belasse ich es jedoch bei den o.g. drei Beispielen und verweise für mehr auf die Seite von Amazon – ein Besuch lohnt sich.

[via: BoingBoing, I cite]